Lewis Hamilton will receive a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend after Mercedes opted to make a precautionary gearbox change. The two-time world champion, who starts the weekend 17 points adrift of his Mercedes AMG Petronas team-mate Nico Rosberg in Shanghai, suffered damage during the preceding Bahrain Grand Prix after a

Formula One Management collates revenues from hosting fees, media rights and other streams such as trackside sponsorship and hospitality. The 2015 total was $965m and this will be distributed across 10 teams through nine monthly payments from April with a final “check” payment – when definitive revenues have been calculated – early in 2017. The

After more criticism of the new system last weekend, a proposal for aggregate laps was put forward by F1’s governing body – although it received a lukewarm response from team bosses and was mocked by some drivers. “It’s time to go to the circus,” said an especially unimpressed Sebastian Vettel. The statement from the FIA

Nico Rosberg extended his Formula 1 championship lead with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from a first-lap collision to finish third. Rosberg made the most of polesitter Hamilton’s slow getaway to lead into the first corner and then was relatively comfortable at the front, finishing 10.2 seconds clear

When asked if his approach to the race weekend will be different because his team-mate will be different, Button said: “Yeah. He has less experience in this car but it’s good having another opinion. Sometimes it’s nice having a third opinion on the car and the way it feels. When Fernando explains how his car

A driver error by Sebastian Vettel meant a precise Mercedes to Ferrari comparison could not be established, and it would not be until the final practice session where the gap between the two teams could be established. However, without doubt Mercedes look to be in one class of their own, unless Ferrari are hiding some

Trouble for Magnussen at the start of the grand prix left the Dane with a puncture and in need of a trip into the pits for new tyres. That dropped him a full lap behind the rest of the field, however, a red flag later in the grand prix meant he was able to unlap

The Dutchman and team-mate Carlos Sainz excelled at Albert Park in qualifying and could have grabbed a top-five finish in the race had the team opted for a different strategy. But although the potential of the Ferrari-powered STR11 is clear, Verstappen thinks that the power demands of upcoming tracks like Bahrain will hand a bigger

The German rookie made a good start in Melbourne and ran an impressive 14th early on before starting to seriously struggle with tyre degradation. “The start was great,” he told Motorsport.com. “I was a bit surprised about my start, because it was my first in F1, but it was amazing. I improved six or seven

Tensions between the pair erupted once again at the Australian Grand Prix when Verstappen was left furious about team strategy and Sainz refusing to follow orders to let him past. But Sainz has downplayed matters, and said that the team had come to the conclusion that he was right not to move aside for his